Venus Class Battlestar

The Venus Class Battlestar was a revoutionary design when it was launched in 2020 AKE (After Kobol Evacuation), it was the height of advancement for the Colonies until the launch of the Mercury-Class in 2034 AKE. In their time, they were the flagship of every Battlestar Group, at one point, Admiral Nagala commanded the Battlestar Firespray, a Venus Class.

Appearance and Layout
The Venus Class used the standard Battlestar hull format, with a massive central section and two outrigger flight pods, however the front of the ship saw a new structure, the famous bridge that made the Venus Class so revolutionary jutted out, causing the Battlestar to lose some of its streamlined appearance due to the small rectangular prism shaped superstructure. However, it was said to look "like the offspring of the Galactica and the Valkyrie." Inheriting the main body of Galactica, with the flight pods of the Valkyrie. The main hull was changed slightly from Galactica, with the wells that the flight pods would have to retract into removed, and the flight pods directly connected to the body by a streamlined 'lump' fairing that protruded from the side of the ship.

Firepower
The Venus Class possessed 24 165mm Mk. VI Cannon Turrets, with the armament concentrated throughout the spine, belly and prow, and two on each flight pod fairing. It also possessed something in the number of 400 120mm Mk. III-B Anti-Air Turrets, that could destroy a wall of Raiders in thirty seconds flat. The Venus-Class was the first Colonial Ship to posess the Mk. VII Bow Cannon, which fired a 400mm Tungsten Rod at 1/3 the speed of light, a salvo from these guns was deadly, especially to the weakly-armoured Cylon Basestars. In addition to it's cannons, the class posessed 10 Nuclear Missile Silos, situated just in front of the forward spine cannon battery, and two Mk. V Rocket-Guns, which fired the ASM-1 Anti-Shipping Missile, made famous by the infamous "Cylon Border Incident" between Valkyrie and a "rogue Colonial Fighter."

Complement
A fully operational Venus-Class Battlestar had a crew of about 2 340, minus Pilots and Marines. The crews than man the Venus-Class are said to be the 'best of the best', the same goes for the Pilots and Marines, the Venus-Class Battlestar Daedalus embarked the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, under the command of Colonel Lucas. They were the elite of the Colonial Marines, with each Marine in it's ranks a Commando or former Special Activities Division. The viper pilots aboard were from the VF-70 "Metal Breakers", an elite Viper squadron led by Captain Jesse "Scorcher" Wreon. The Raptor pilots were from VHM-13, a Marine Raptor Squadron trained for covert insertions, special-operations support and space rescue, they were led by Lt Jake "Hard Drop" Desovki.

Known Ships

 * Battlestar Venus
 * Battlestar Starfire
 * Battlestar Scorpia
 * Battlestar Daedalus